# Botticelli - May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367 "2023-04-30T13:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/141 "2023-05-10T18:47:55Z")
DQ: known for magazine covers? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/142 "2023-05-10T18:48:42Z")
DQ: Are you Norman Rockwell? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/143 "2023-05-10T19:25:53Z")
Yes, I am # Norman Rockwell! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.tOXoFtT-LqmtPgakSGjwKwHaJT?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.tOXoFtT-LqmtPgakSGjwKwHaJT?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) Good going, **SCA!** ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/144 "2023-05-11T14:24:13Z")
Thanks. It suddenly came to me that it might be one of my favourite artists, but I didn’t think I had any DQs left. Spent a few minutes scrolling up and down before finally finding out that I did have one. Posted my DQ, and found out that DLR was obviously on the right track, too. Apologies for the long delay – the gout flared up yesterday and I spent a good portion of the day lying on the bed and hoping none of the cats would decide to leap onto the bed and land on my foot. I am [![](https://creazilla-store.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/icons/7903187/unifrakturmaguntia-v-icon-md.png) ](https://creazilla-store.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/icons/7903187/unifrakturmaguntia-v-icon-md.png) **(That’s a ‘V’.)** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/145 "2023-05-11T14:27:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you often say, “So it goes”? 2. Did you paint that picture of the lady with the pearl earring? 3. Did Gary Gygax base Dungeon & Dragons’s magic system on your writing? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/146 "2023-05-11T14:49:14Z")
Congrats, SCAdian! IQs: 1. Are you best known for your roles in _Die Hard_ and _Family Matters_? 2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol? 3. Did you paint sunflowers and a mailman? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/147 "2023-05-11T14:49:28Z")
Congrats, **SCAdian** , and hope you feel better soon! On to V. IQs: Were you the leading Ohio Copperhead? Were you Jimmy Smits’s breakout role? Were you Picard’s unscrupulous but beautiful vacation pal? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/148 "2023-05-11T19:11:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you often say, “So it goes”? > 2. Did you paint that picture of the lady with the pearl earring? > 3. Did Gary Gygax base Dungeon & Dragons’s magic system on your writing? DQ Not Jan Vermeer Not Jack Vance > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you best known for your roles in _Die Hard_ and _Family Matters_? > 2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol? > 3. Did you paint sunflowers and a mailman? DQ DQ Not Van Gogh > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the leading Ohio Copperhead? > Were you Jimmy Smits’s breakout role? > Were you Picard’s unscrupulous but beautiful vacation pal? DQ x3! ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/149 "2023-05-11T19:16:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Van Gogh 1 was Reginald VelJohnson; 2 was Valerie Solanas. DQs: 1. real? 2. last name begins with V? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/150 "2023-05-11T19:40:27Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the leading Ohio Copperhead? - Clement Vallandigham, during the Civil War Were you Jimmy Smits’s breakout role? - Victor Sifuentes, on _L.A. Law_ Were you Picard’s unscrupulous but beautiful vacation pal? - Vash, on _ST:TNG_ DQs: American? Male? One DQ reserved. IQs: Was Scooter Libby blamed for outing you? Did you insist, in a B&W comedy film, on a peculiar pronunciation of your last name? Were you a dragon with a name seemingly almost as big as you were? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/151 "2023-05-11T23:21:29Z")
IQs: IQ1: Was Dr. Emmett Brown a massive fan of yours? IQ2: So much so that he named you and your brother after the above person? IQ3: Were you (allegedly) NOT amused? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/152 "2023-05-12T00:26:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Scooter Libby blamed for outing you? > Did you insist, in a B&W comedy film, on a peculiar pronunciation of your last name? > Were you a dragon with a name seemingly almost as big as you were? DQ Not … Victor Frankenstein? DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > IQ1: Was Dr. Emmett Brown a massive fan of yours? > IQ2: So much so that he named you and your brother after the above person? > IQ3: Were you (allegedly) NOT amused? DQ DQ Not Queen Victoria **V** 1. Real 2. First name begins with V 3. American 4. Male ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/153 "2023-05-12T02:36:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Queen Victoria 1 was Jules Verne; 2 was Verne Brown. DQs: 1. living? 2. known from the arts? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/154 "2023-05-12T13:22:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you often say, “So it goes”? > > 2. Did you paint that picture of the lady with the pearl earring? > > 3. Did Gary Gygax base Dungeon & Dragons’s magic system on your writing? > > DQ > Not Jan Vermeer > Not Jack Vance #1 was Kurt Vonnegut. Correct on the others. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/155 "2023-05-12T17:19:28Z")
**V** 1. Real 2. First name begins with V 3. American 4. Male 5. Dead 6. Known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/156 "2023-05-12T17:20:47Z")
IQs 1. Were you the host of the PBS show “Mystery” before Diana RIgg took over. 2. Were you the title character of a Sunday comic strip set in King Arthur’s court 3. Were your cousin and his friend wrongly accused of murdering a convenience store clerk. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/157 "2023-05-12T17:51:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you switch countries under Operation Paperclip? 2. Have you been turning letters since 1982? 3. Did you figure out who framed Roger Rabbit? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/158 "2023-05-12T18:38:46Z")
Previous IQs: Was Scooter Libby blamed for outing you? - Valerie Plame Did you insist, in a B&W comedy film, on a peculiar pronunciation of your last name? - Yes, the same: [Young Frankenstein(1974) - "It's Pronounced Frankensteen" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WamF64GFPzg) Were you a dragon with a name seemingly almost as big as you were? - Vermithrax Pejorative, in _Dragonslayer_ DQs: Known for the performing arts? Died since 1950? White? IQs: Were you the best-known resident of the Larkhill labor camp? Were you the first English child born in the New World? Were you a president of Brown University? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/159 "2023-05-12T19:10:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > Not … Victor Frankenstein? > DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you insist, in a B&W comedy film, on a peculiar pronunciation of your last name? - Yes, the same: [Young Frankenstein(1974) - “It’s Pronounced Frankensteen” - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WamF64GFPzg) This is not someone applicable in this round–the character is **Frederick** Frankenstein. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/160 "2023-05-12T19:18:12Z")
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